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Apparently I am a unique snowflake too, whether I use my maiden name or my married name. That’s not what really worries me though, because a determined frothloony would find you even if your name was Jane Doe (of whom there are only 17, btw).

But hey. Snowflakitude. Good stuff. Now I don’t need to worry about having a personality!

Now me on the other hand, there’s at least 5 people or more now on facebook with my exact first and last name, and a few with my pen-name (Thallian). Actually I kind of like not being a unique snowflake cuz then I have true anonymity. After all, if I am not unique you can’t tell with 100% certainty which one I really am, unless I tell you, can you?

However, there are also 23 people named “Donald Duck.” Thankfully, only one Bella Swan exists, but 88 Edward Cullens, so make sure you have a lot of sparkle repellant. Only 6 Clark Kents though so Superman might want to fear RealID too.

@ Thallian if someone is determined enough yes you can. People give away a lot of clues. If you say it’s raining that may eliminate two out of the three. If you mention what you do that can help narrow it down especially if you are in a career like academia or journalism where you publish online. People can track you down through your connections. If you are John Smith who is friends with [Unique Snowflake] well there may be only one person called John Smith in Unique Snowflake’s town.

On the F13 forums someone was sceptical about how easy it is to be found. Shortly after an internet detective PMed him his photo based on subtle clues he had provided during the course of talking about games with no obvious clues like name or school.

Oh dear, that “create-a-snowflake” site is quite the work distraction!

I wonder how big of a leap it would be to go from being the only person with your name in the US to the only person in the WORLD with your name. If so, then you’d also be the only person in the known UNIVERSE with your name!

Interesting site. My own first name and last name both come from Irish Gaelic but nevertheless there are 14 of me in the USA which is actually considerably more than there are in Ireland itself. Just shows you what a history of emigration can do!

The site says there’s only one of me in the US too… which is kinda silly considering there about 10 people with my name in my city in the UK alone :P I think it’s broke :D Or my name is incredibly Scottish and no one outside of here has it :)